Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE Language in church Heidelberg, W. Germany To the Editors: As to the language in the church [editorial "The Good News on Man," April 24] there are, it seems to me, two important...
...KENNETH MANNING Chilean forecast Washington, D.C...
...Sure there are differences, but we can agree where we disagree...
...To the Editors: A temporary setback such as the flak and fall out from the meeting of the pontiff with Kurt Waldheim, should not set back Catholic Jewish relations permanently [editorial, "Seeing Waldheim," July 17...
...Bad enough to saddle future generations with a deficit in the trillions, but the example of the moral deficit is even more horrendous...
...and stop reducing Our Lord to some kind of social reformer...
...It was a cheap shot...
...Vatican II clearly says we were all "deeply affected by the memory of the persecution...
...To the Editors: Are you implying in your editorial, "Selective Conservatism" [June 19], that American voters are too ignorant to select a CEO and that liberal policies should be imposed regardless...
...To the Editors: Virginia Bouvier's report from Santiago ["Business As Usual," June 19] is carefully written, informative, and disturbing...
...The Catholic church should be dispensing living water, effecting healings, casting out demons, nurturing souls, and fully separate from political utterings and political activity...
...To the Editors: Regarding your editorial ["Seeing Waldheim," July 17], we should remember that Secretary General Waldheim (1971-81) put the UN Emergency Forces into the Suez Canal (1973) and the Golan Heights (1974) and was Secretary General when the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 1981 received its second Nobel Peace Prize...
...Another stand like this on your part and you may cancel my subscription...
...I hold no brief for the contras, but the bishop did a vast disservice to the Catholic church as witnessed by the flood of criticism and negative mail addressed to him because of his remarks...
...The continuing repression in military-ruled Chile which she describes — the intimidation of foreign journalists, the persecution of Catholic church critics, the harassment of civilians who publicly complained about conditions in Chile during the pope's April visit — are especially significant in light of the regime's plans for a change of government in early 1989...
...We must not leave a heritage of hate and distrust for our children...
...I am sure all Austrian Catholics to some extent rationalize the persecution and massacre of Jews which took place just before and during the Second World War...
...So many lay people, like Rosemarie Brickley, can eloquently narrate this movement in the stories of their lives...
...When disillusionment or apathy comes into the life of our communities, we need to be reminded that somehow God can break into our lives in the midst of our anger or confusion to remake us...
...J. MICHAEL McMAHON Our common heritage Baltimore, Md...
...Are the pope and bishops ready...
...The bishop was in the church in his capacity as clergyman to deliver the requiem homily, and not to use the occasion to air his political opinions which are diametrically opposed to those held by the deceased...
...If the tempo of persecution described by Bouvier persists, and the authorities fail to bend to the popular demand for democratic freedoms and open elections — as their counterparts in authoritarian South Korea have recently done — Chile faces a bleak future of increased political tensions and violence...
...June 5], with unmistakable clarity, what kind of a president we have: a liar, a cheat, a scofflaw...
...no heart to harden./Ride on and prosper...
...EVERETT KING Eloquent narrative Alexandria, Va...
...It's not that we didn't know this or know that averting our eyes would not change his sorry course in bringing this country to its knees, destroying its reputation and credibility...
...To the Editors: For all the RENEW programs, liturgical renewals, theological updates, and curial insistence on orthodoxy, the way of God remains a continually surprising mystery...
...Concerning discrimination against women, in our parish we have this regulation: when a man is lecturer, he says: "Schwestern und Br\:uder" (Sisters and Brothers), when a woman, she says: ' 'Briider und Schwestern'' (Brothers and Sisters...
...BOB TWITCHELL...
...Pope John Paul II is promoting peace "now," and Catholics certainly should not be on the defensive for his actions...
...The emperor has no clothes...
...I hope that your magazine will continue to dialogue and discuss our common heritage and work for a better world...
...You have lost your spurs...
...To the Editors: I am astounded you regard Bishop McGann's outrageous remarks at William J. Casey's funeral Mass as a "brave gesture" ["Et Cetera," June 5...
...At last a periodical of stature and probity tells us ["Im____ch Reagan...
...Although the vast majority of Chileans have made it clear they wish directly to elect their next leaders, President Au-gusto Pinochet apparently intends to engineer the election process and possibly succeed himself...
...Chester-ton's poem, "The Wife of Flanders": "You have no word to break...
...It's the Reagan administration's actions that should be questioned...
...and to avoid the discrimination against women...
...Lansing, 111...
...We have all suffered so much, and we must work together in common goals...
...MELVIN N. COHEN Waldheim's actions Indianapolis, Ind...
...ALFONS BEIL Executive scofflaw Winston-Salem, N.C...
...To the Editors: Commonweal, I am still bowing...
...Thanks for (Continued on page 511) (Continued from page 466) Rosemarie Brickley's article ["God Isn't Finished with Me Yet," July 17] which makes the point so refreshingly...
...I am reminded of the last lines of G.K...
...CORRESPONDENCE Language in church Heidelberg, W. Germany To the Editors: As to the language in the church [editorial "The Good News on Man," April 24] there are, it seems to me, two important needs of the present: to avoid the designation of God one-sidedly as man and father...
...Bishop McGann used a most solemn religious service to deliver his views to a captive audience which included the president of the United States...
...CARROLL ESTES Requiem politics Calabash, N.C...
...These activities far exceed in importance anything a lieutenant in the Austrian Army did during World War II...
...ARTURO VALENZUELA PAMELA CONSTABLE What are you implying...
...The Reagan administration's declaration of Kurt Waldheim as a ' 'persona non grata" was certainly counter-productive as far as peace in the Middle East is concerned...
...The shadow of the Holocaust is at present allowing Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel nearly singlehandedly to prevent an international peace conference in the Middle East...
...Stay tuned for the synod...
...I recommend that, instead of suggesting your readers write letters of support to Bishop McGann for his unchristian behavior, you publicly urge the bishops to use your pages to issue an apology...
Vol. 114 • September 1987 • No. 15
